Shinko Engineering Research Corp.
Japanese engineering firm founded in 1963 that builds production-automation equipment and mechatronics teaching systems.
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Overview
Shinko Engineering Research Corp. (株式会社 新興技術研究所) is a Japanese engineering company headquartered in Tokyo. Founded in March 1963 as a precision-machinery development manufacturer, the company has spent decades solving production-floor problems for manufacturers, and today describes its mission as contributing to the development of the production-automation technology that underpins Japanese manufacturing. The company operates across three broad business areas. Its core production-automation business designs and supplies automatic machines, labor-saving devices, automatic assembly machines and FA (factory automation) equipment, with delivery records spanning electrical and electronic component manufacturing, machining and painting processes, inspection processes, automotive component manufacturing, pharmaceutical and food manufacturing, and special-material manufacturing. Its mechatronics technical-education business develops hands-on training systems and textbooks, including teaching materials used for skills competitions and in-house production-engineering training, delivered both in Japan and overseas. A third, newer area covers next-generation technology research, including industry-academia collaboration, custom and prototype equipment development, and research into earthquake prediction using inverse-radio methods. Shinko Engineering Research is also a publisher of technical books. Its "Karakuri Design" (mechanism design) series and PLC sequence-control titles have appeared on Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun's annual bestseller lists, and the company continues to release new titles and new training products, such as a rotary-index maintenance training unit and a solar-panel training unit in its MM-3000 mechatronics series. The firm is privately held and does not appear to be listed on a stock exchange. It remains active, recruiting electrical control engineers and sales staff, exhibiting at events such as Pharma DX Expo Tokyo, and supplying automation and mechatronics training equipment to customers in Japan and abroad.
History
Shinko Engineering Research Corp. was founded in March 1963 as a precision-machinery development manufacturer. From its early years it worked on the development, design and manufacture of precision machines requiring advanced technology for leading Japanese companies, and provided technical consulting services; its automatic assembly technology in particular was highly evaluated. In 1965 the company began manufacturing inventions such as a universal rule for large-radius arcs and a large-radius arc machining table, which were selected as Tokyo Metropolitan excellent export products. In 1966 it received the Gihokawa Invention Memorial Award, and it also received an automation machinery development award from the Japan Machinery Federation for a printed-circuit-board assembly indicator. Through the 1970s the company developed a debug support system for automatic assembly machines (1976) and, while promoting flexible automation systems for high-mix production, developed and began selling a "robot eye" that gave automatic machines vision (1978). In 1986 its work on "debugging and optimal adjustment of automatic assembly machines" was nominated for an IFS world paper award. In 1989 it launched a "moving-image advertising board" through a fusion group and established Shinko Techno Co., Ltd. In the 1990s the company presented picture-cam, software-cam and converter technologies to the Japan Society for Precision Engineering (1992), and in 1994 its moving-image advertising board won an excellence in technology award from the Small and Medium Enterprise Fusion Promotion Foundation, while its mechatronics technical training device won a device merit award in the Japan Invention Awards. In 1996 it developed an educational tropical-fish robot using optical communication. By 1999 it had delivered many mechatronics technical education systems to Africa (Senegal, Tunisia) and Southeast Asia (Malaysia and others). In 2000, under a budget from the Japan Science and Technology Agency, it developed an earthquake prediction device called "Kuruzo-kun" that measures atmospheric electromagnetic waves, installed about 20 units nationwide and transmitted prediction information. In the 2000s it delivered automatic component assembly lines to Europe and automatic machines to the United States (2002), received many orders for automatic machines from China and Southeast Asia, and developed a two-servo pulsatile pump reproducing heart action for a university medical department, delivered comprehensive mechatronics training systems to universities, and supplied mechatronics training devices to a Tunisian technical school as part of ODA (2003). In 2004 it received orders for large pharmaceutical production lines and nuclear-related manufacturing equipment, developed a vibration-damping prototype for an HDTV camera for NHK, developed a uranium forming machine using a servo press, and developed a narrow double-sided tape automatic applicator. Subsequent years saw a steady stream of custom automation developments: a robot arm for multi-joint robot safety experiments and automotive brake assembly equipment (2005); automatic surgical-part packaging and automatic feeding to large automotive presses (2006); a sub-micron automatic alignment device and a training device for mechatronics technical certification exams (2007); delivery of mechatronics training devices to a Sri Lankan university under ODA (2008); a high-speed roll-paper pinhole inspection device, a 500 kg cylindrical-part press-fitting device, a ball weight sorting device, a fitting training device and an RFID automatic control training device (2009); and a wide range of assembly, press-fitting, dispensing, inspection and training devices through 2010 and 2011, including relay control, FA line, hydraulic control and maintenance training units. In 2012 the company developed a silica gel automatic filling device, a plasma processing automation device, an FA comprehensive training system for Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan, and an XY(Z) robot training device. In 2013 it developed magnetic particle liquid application automation, an automatic cage washing device for laboratory mice, soldering automation, and machine maintenance, cam and link, and control-panel assembly training devices. In 2014 it developed laser marking automation and a mechatronics training device for food factories, and in 2015 a powder compact automatic fitting device, an acoustic diagnosis experimental device, and an automation line construction training device for food factories. Alongside its equipment business, the company became a publisher of practical technical books. Its "Karakuri Design" series and PLC sequence-control titles have been popular, with three of its books ranking in Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun's 2021 top 10. Recent product news includes a solar panel training unit added to the MM-3000 series (2022) and a rotary-index maintenance training unit (2024). The company continues to recruit staff and exhibit at industry events, and describes next-generation research including industry-academia collaboration, custom and prototype equipment development, and inverse-radio earthquake prediction research.
- 2024
Released a rotary-index maintenance training unit.
- 2022
Added a solar panel training unit to the MM-3000 mechatronics series; three books ranked in Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun's 2021 top 10.
- 2012
Developed an FA comprehensive training system for Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan.
- 2008
Delivered mechatronics training devices to a Sri Lankan university under ODA.
- 2007
Developed a sub-micron automatic alignment device and a training device for mechatronics technical certification exams.
- 2004
Received orders for large pharmaceutical production lines and nuclear-related equipment; developed HDTV camera vibration damper for NHK.
- 2003
Received many orders from China and Southeast Asia; delivered mechatronics training devices to a Tunisian technical school under ODA.
- 2002
Delivered automatic component assembly lines to Europe and automatic machines to the United States.
- 2000
Developed the 'Kuruzo-kun' earthquake prediction device measuring atmospheric electromagnetic waves; about 20 units installed nationwide.
- 1999
Delivered many mechatronics technical education systems to Africa and Southeast Asia.
Products and positioning
A specialist engineering house serving Japanese manufacturing through production-automation equipment and hands-on mechatronics education, with a long record of custom machinery development.
MM-3000 mechatronics technical training system series
Hands-on training systems for mechatronics education, including a solar panel training unit added in 2022.
Maintenance training units
Training devices for maintenance skills, including a rotary-index type released in 2024.
Automatic dispensing machines
Flexible automatic dispensers for pharmaceutical, cosmetics and food industries.
Automatic assembly machines and FA equipment
Custom automatic machines, labor-saving devices and factory automation equipment for various manufacturing sectors.
Karakuri Design book series
Practical mechanism design books published by the company, including 'Karakuri Design: Practical Mechanism Illustrated Examples'.
PLC sequence control books
Technical books on PLC-based sequence control programming.
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